In the first dream I remember last night, I went with some people to a sort of amusement park in the remote mountains but I didn't feel like going on any rides. Also, one lady in our group complained about very strict and strange requirements for ladies' clothing before they could go on a waterslide. After everyone had their fun we walked downstairs through something resembling a garage and I then paused outside in the shade of the building to admire a magnificent view of a mountain valley with a lake or river cutting through it; I think I was reminded of Rivendell but was reluctant to mention it since I wasn't really participating much in the trip.

Then in another dream I joined another friend in an outdoor trip that ended up in a sort of hobby shop where various plastic models and games were sold. During that time I saw video footage from something like a James Bond movie where a villain was standing in the open on a small platform with a railing near a marsh and was boasting about the failures of the CAA to stop him (and I wondered if the CAA was a fictional CIA); some of the model kits such as a World War II era Sherman tank with a short barrel went into action against the villain then sank into the marsh nearby. I then saw a huge box that might have been a LEGO set or game of some kind, with a star destroyer and characters from The Empire Strikes Back in front of it (including Luke Skywalker wearing a hat that appeared to be part of the top of R2-D2's head, which accordingly was missing from the top of the robot next to him); small print on the box spoke about it being "new" in celebration of the re-release of The Empire Strikes Back and I drew my friend's attention to that, asking if he found it funny how the box tried to hide the fact that the movie was released way back in 1981 (or 1980 actually since I was confusing it with Raiders of the Lost Ark date-wise). My friend disagreed, feeling that I just liked to complain about things for the sake of complaining, and upset I walked out of the store area and into the open wilderness area, although upon reflection I thought he might have a point. I recall the credits on the back of the box had a reference to a person named "Kruschev" with a birth date in the 1930's, which I saw as partial evidence of the movie being older than it was represented on the front of the box. The back of the box also showed a photograph of the toy play set inside the box including an Old West setting with a wooden mill and dilapidated wooden plank streets (obviously not part of the actual movie). Possibly part of this dream, or the next, I was then in the schoolyard near my home where I saw a lanky young man with a partial Darth Vader helmet taking batting practice in front of a backstop; I figured he must be very confident as he made good contact with several pitches (making the distinctive "tink" sound of an aluminum bat). Someone then yelled "get him!" and other players tossed baseballs at the player with the helmet.

In a later dream I watched as an inept baseball fielder tried to make like Willy Mays and catch a fly ball over his shoulder but the ball went between his hands and rolled away as he plowed into the outfield wall. (Since the uniforms featured a lot of green I thought he might be an Oakland A's player but I wasn't sure who exactly.) A humorous TV spot then showed the same inept player - apparently at the first base or shortstop position - bobbling a ball in order to persuade a runner on third to steal home, where he was then thrown out.

And still later, I heard about the death of Bruce Springsteen and how his just-released album had been pulled from release after all advance copies were already sold out. I wondered about that and supposed it was an effort to increase demand for the album, although I also wondered how I would feel if I were a big fan and couldn't get the album right now. A TV news program then played footage of him singing some song I didn't recognize and I wondered why they didn't play something I had heard of like "Born to Run". (Since Mr. Springsteen is still alive so far as I know, I would guess this dream was related to recent deaths of celebrities like Michael Jackson somehow.)